And why does this strangeness happen?

Prosumer wrote on 3/10/2004, 2:22 PM

When I preview any dv I imported it runs smooth as ice with all transitions and bells and whistles...

However, when I import a WMV file it is choppy as heck and takes forever to render...Am I alone or is this just a fact of life?

I've got a p4 2.4 with 1gb of 1066 rdram

Thanks
Steve

Comments

TheHappyFriar wrote on 3/10/2004, 2:27 PM

That is cuz the WMV is a compressed file. Vegas has to decompress it to play it. If you want to edit then, I recomend re-rendering them as DV AVI's. Then you can edit to your hearts content. :)

roger_74 wrote on 3/10/2004, 3:13 PM

The WMV-file probably has a different frame size. The needed scaling to DV size takes time. If you're rendering at "Best quality" and there is scaling involved then it can be quite slow.

farss wrote on 3/10/2004, 3:26 PM

The other big problem with WMV files if they were created for streaming is the lack of keyframes. I've had wmv with only one keyframe in 3 hours of video, I had to restream it in WME, adding a keyframe every 2 seconds, then it became editable in Vegas.